minc33	Worcestershire v Cheshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1895
Venue	Boughton Park, Worcester on 19th, 20th August 1895 (2-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Cheshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Worcestershire won by 7 wickets
Points	Worcestershire 1; Cheshire -1
Close of play day 1	Cheshire (2) 52/5 (Pointon 27*, Davenport 6*)

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Cheshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RF Ould	b Bird	0
T Pointon	c Latham b Arnold	16
G Davenport	c Jobson b Arnold	1
JR Bates	b Bird	1
G Radcliffe	b Arnold	10
S Brown	c and b Bird	17
J Wright	b Bird	5
E Smith	b Arnold	2
+JJ Disney	c Bird b Arnold	0
*HR Bromley-Davenport	not out	3
A Smith	b Bird	0
Extras		6
Total	(all out, 37.1 overs)	61
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-4, 3-6, 4-26, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-61 (37.1 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Arnold	19	7	33	5	-	-
Bird	18.1	7	22	5	-	-

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FL Bowley	b A Smith	1
A Millward	c Radcliffe b A Smith	4
*HK Foster	c Bromley-Davenport b A Smith	10
PH Latham	b A Smith	46
RE Foster	b Brown	3
EP Jobson	c Pointon b Brown	0
EG Arnold	st Disney b A Smith	11
WE Smithson	c Pointon b A Smith	14
A Bird	c Bromley-Davenport b E Smith	20
RD Burrows	c Radcliffe b A Smith	3
+T Straw	not out	2
Extras		2
Total	(all out, 69 overs)	116
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-23, 6-61, 7-73, 8-114, 9-?, 10-116 (69 ov)

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Brown	23	6	41	2	-	-
A Smith	30	8	46	7	-	-
E Smith	13	5	24	1	-	-
Wright	3	2	3	0	-	-

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Cheshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RF Ould	run out	2
G Radcliffe	lbw b Bird	1
T Pointon	not out	52
JR Bates	b Arnold	2
S Brown	b Arnold	4
J Wright	b Bird	9
G Davenport	c Millward b Arnold	6
E Smith	lbw b Bird	9
+JJ Disney	b Burrows	11
*HR Bromley-Davenport	b Arnold	3
A Smith	b Burrows	1
Extras		9
Total	(all out, 62.1 overs)	109
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-5, 3-20, 4-23, 5-39, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-109 (62.1 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Arnold	27	8	49	4	-	-
Bird	26	11	38	3	-	-
Burrows	5.1	3	4	2	-	-
Smithson	4	0	9	0	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*HK Foster	b Brown	10
FL Bowley	not out	24
A Millward	c Bromley-Davenport b A Smith	9
PH Latham	b E Smith	10
RE Foster	not out	0
EP Jobson	did not bat
EG Arnold	did not bat
WE Smithson	did not bat
A Bird	did not bat
RD Burrows	did not bat
+T Straw	did not bat
Extras		3
Total	(3 wickets, 30.1 overs)	56
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-25, 3-53

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Brown	15.1	5	26	1	-	-
A Smith	11	1	22	1	-	-
E Smith	4	2	5	1	-	-

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Notes
--> J Wright made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WE Smithson made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RF Ould made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> T Pointon made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> G Davenport made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JR Bates made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> S Brown made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> J Wright made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> E Smith made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JJ Disney made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> HR Bromley-Davenport made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> A Smith made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> PH Latham made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WE Smithson made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> A Bird achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Cheshire first innings (previous best was 4-15)
--> A Bird achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Cheshire first innings
--> A Smith achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Worcestershire first innings (previous best was 3-32)
--> A Smith achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Worcestershire first innings

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This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project
Worcestershire won this return match by seven wickets before lunch on the second day.
The match between the two teams at Oxton in July had been drawn.
For Cheshire, Pointon top-scored with 52 not out.
[Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; part fall of wickets; in Cheshire 2nd inns boundaries in Pointon's 52 not out; time completed.]
Sources: Berrow's Worcester Journal 24 August; Birmingham Daily Post 20,21 August; Worcester Herald 24 August; Worcestershire Echo 19,20 August; Cheshire County News 23 August; Cheshire Evening Echo 19,20 August; Liverpool Daily Post 20,21 August; Macclesfield Advertiser 23 August; Sporting Chronicle 20,21 August; The Sportsman 19,20,21 August.